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Why does APR not include compounding?

Personal Finance & Money Asked on February 14, 2021

As I understand it the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) formula does not take compounding into account. It is, in effect, a nominal rate.

Why is this? I thought that APR was designed to allow consumers to compare products from different financial institutions as best as is possible. How does excluding compounding help this aim?

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